Worker's Procedural, Constitutional Challenges to Act 111 Rejected by Court

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejects procedural challenge to Act 111, as well as repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. Sherri M. Connelly worked for Keystone Home Health Service. She suffered injuries at work in January 1994. Keystone accepted liability for Connelly’s injuries. After paying 104 weeks of temporary total disability benefits, Keystone filed a request for Connelly to undergo an impairment rating evaluation in March 2023. Dr. David Weiss conducted the IRE in May 2023 and opined Connelly had a 5...